how can i disable the forcedeth in debian "etch"

[jaffsonying]

i have install the driver downloaded from nvidia,and added the below words to /etc/modules
alias eth0 nvnet
alias forcedeth off
but it doesn't work at all
the driver is still forcedeth when i reboot again!

[BashfulTux]

i have install the driver downloaded from nvidia,and added the below words to /etc/modules
alias eth0 nvnet
alias forcedeth off
but it doesn't work at all
the driver is still forcedeth when i reboot again!

/etc/modules is not where you should put it create a file /etc/modprobe.d/nvnet and put the alias eth0 nvnet in there then modprobe should see it when booting. Worse case rename/delete the forcedeth from the /lib/modules/'uname -r'/kernel/drivers/net/ directory using the output of the uname -r to find the correct directory name.

[sensovision]

if your system using hotplug for loading necessary modules as I do on my Debian installation you can prevent certain modules from loading by adding module name to: /etc/hotplug/blacklist

hope it helps.

[jaffsonying]

i have done as BashfulTux's .but it still doesn't work
i have added the below words to /etc/modprobe/nvnet
alias eth0 nvnet
alias forcedeth off
besides , i also did this :
/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-486/kernel/drivers/net# rm forcedeth.ko
but when i reboot,it implys :
forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.48.
eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01565:2501 bound to 0000:00:14.0
by the way,i input the below commands
debian:/home/jaffson# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr AA:00:04:00:0A:04
i'm very sure the mac address is wrong.
my network card is nforce 410/430

[sensovision]

have you try to blacklist forcedeth module as I've suggested? As hotplug would use first module it would found...
if it doesn't help maybe you consider re-compiling kernel without this module?

[jaffsonying]

i have done this.but it doesn't work too.
i formatted the disk last night. and now i use sarge.
it work better than etch.
can you tell me some forums address that talk about debian os specifily?
thank you!

[sensovision]

maybe your system use udev that's why blacklisting didn't work...

As for talking about Debian specific questions I can recommend http://forums.debian.net/ or I'd be glad to see you on our forums http://forum.weblamp.net/linux which isn't Debian specific but since me and few other folks use Debian based distros we may be able to help out each other.

[jaffsonying]

yes,i'm sure it use udev.if unstall it, can i disabled forcedeth?

[sensovision]

Didn't have time to switch to Udev myself, but from what I know you can prevent udev from loading module by adding line like this blacklist forcedeth to:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Also make sure that you don't have forcedeth mentioned in /etc/modules

Please let me know if it helps.

[jaffsonying]

it didn't work too!
i have not only done this ,but also edited the below files
/etc/modules
/etc/modules.conf
/etc/modutiles/arch/s390
/etc/modutiles/arch/s390x
/etc/modprobe.d/aliases
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
almost all the files that relate to the network have been changed.
but it didn't work
i think i will never use testing os from now on.